It is a statistic that encapsulates what Hibernian have gone through in the last 12 months.

The Easter Road side, relegated from the top flight after May's play-off defeat to Hamilton Accies, collected successive league wins for the first time in 2014 when they came from behind to beat Raith Rovers.

Alan Stubbs' side did it the hard way at Stark's Park. Hibernian dominated most of the first half, but Raith took the lead through Barrie McKay five minutes before the break. However, Jason Cummings levelled before the interval and second-half efforts from Liam Fontaine and Dominique Malonga earned the a victory that moved Hibs up to third in the SPFL Championship, ahead of Queen of the South on goal difference.

Their back-to-back successes against Alloa Athletic and Rovers, though, come ahead of what will surely be stiffer tests against Rangers and Hearts in the next fortnight.

Head coach Alan Stubbs said: "We had chances in the first half and it was just a matter of time before we took one of them.

"It would be very easy to get frustrated and think it wasn't going to be our day, but I've got a really good bunch of lads and their belief is at a real high. If we concentrate on ourselves we will be where we want to be at the end of the season."

Hibernian were guilty of profligate finishing for much of the first half, with Malonga the main culprit, David McGurn coming out on top in their own fascinating duel during the opening 45 minutes.

Raith came off the ropes five minutes before the break to draw first blood. Breaking from a Hibs corner, Christian Nade did well to lay the ball off to McKay and the on-loan Rangers winger burst clear before drilling a shot past Mark Oxley at his near-post.

Hibs responded almost immediately. Malonga's low left-footed effort across goal was kept out by Rory McKeown on the line, but Cummings pounced to slam the rebound into the net.

Fontaine bulleted home a header from a Scott Allan cross in the 78th minute before Malonga finally found the net with a neat finish inside the box from a Paul Hanlon pass three minutes later.

Raith manager Grant Murray said: "We were delighted to take the lead against a quality team like Hibs. We thought we could catch them on the counter-attack, but lost a goal too early after going in front.

"It might have been a different outcome in the second half had we gone in ahead. That's what you need to do against quality teams; you need to shut them out."